Starting from 11th place Car 12 Ryan Blaney Discount Tire Ford won the Xfinity 500, his 10th win in 305 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 3rd win & 17th Top 10 finish in 2023. This is his 1st win & 10th Top 10 finish in 16 races at Martinsville Speedway. 2nd Place Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford, started from 12th place posted his 9th Top 10 finish in 30 races at Martinsville Speedway. It is his 5th Top 10 finish in 2023. 3rd Place Car 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Toyota, started from 4th place posted his 25th Top 10 finish in 36 races at Martinsville Speedway.
4th Place Car 14 Chase Briscoe Mahindra Tractors Ford, started from 3rd place followed by 5th place Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford, started from 15th place. 6th Place Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, started from 5th place followed by 7th place Car 20 Christopher Bell Interstate Batteries Toyota, started from 7th place. 8th Place Car 17 Chris Buescher Nexletol Ford, started from 18th place followed by 9th place Car 2 Austin Cindric Menards/Richmond Water Heaters Ford, started from 21st place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 38 Todd Gilliland Quincy Compressor Ford, in 10th place, started from 17th place. Ty Gibbs (18th) was the highest finishing rookie. Ryan Blaney earns a spot in the Championship 4 joining Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell and William Byron.
The race had 7 Cautions for 61 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 105 for #3, 48, 21, 7 Crash on the Backstretch. 2nd Caution on lap 132 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 217 for #20, 51 Crash in Turn 4. 4th Caution on lap 262 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 5th Caution on lap 274 for #22, 54, 6, 1, 38, 2, 34, 99 Crash in Turn 3. 6th Caution on lap 304 for #42, 54 Crash in Turn 2. 7th Caution on lap 324 for #34 Spin Turn 2.
The race had 12 Lead Changes among 6 drivers; M. Truex Jr. (P) 1-47; D. Hamlin (P) 48-193; R. Blaney (P) 194-218; D. Hamlin (P) 219-226; R. Blaney (P) 227-228; D. Hamlin (P) 229; R. Blaney (P) 230-324; D. Hamlin (P) 325; C. Elliott (P) 326-331; C. LaJoie 332-334; C. Elliott (P) 335-411; A. Almirola 412-477; R. Blaney (P) 478-500.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 11, 12, 19, 14, 6, 20, 54, 41, 22, 4
Stage 2 Top 10: 12, 11, 14, 22, 6, 54, 41, 38, 4, 20
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 35
Race Results for the Xfinity 500 – Sunday, October 29, 2023
Martinsville Speedway – Martinsville, VA – 0.526 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 500 Laps – 263. Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sunday, 10/29/2023 @ 05:45 PM Eastern
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 11. Car 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Discount Tire Ford 500 Running 2. 12. Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 500 Running 3. 4. Car 11 Denny Hamlin (P) FedEx Toyota 500 Running 4. 3. Car 14 Chase Briscoe Mahindra Tractors Ford 500 Running 5. 15. Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 500 Running 6. 5. Car 5 Kyle Larson (P) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 500 Running 7. 7. Car 20 Christopher Bell (P) Interstate Batteries Toyota 500 Running 8. 18. Car 17 Chris Buescher (P) Nexletol Ford 500 Running 9. 21. Car 2 Austin Cindric Menards/Richmond Water Heaters Ford 500 Running 10. 17. Car 38 Todd Gilliland Quincy Compressor Ford 500 Running 11. 6. Car 23 Bubba Wallace Xfinity Toyota 500 Running 12. 1. Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. (P) Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota 500 Running 13. 16. Car 24 William Byron (P) PODS Chevrolet 499 Running 14. 13. Car 1 Ross Chastain Moose Fraternity Chevrolet 499 Running 15. 28. Car 21 Harrison Burton Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 499 Running 16. 8. Car 4 Kevin Harvick Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford 499 Running 17. 14. Car 9 Chase Elliott (P) NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 499 Running 18. 2. Car 54 Ty Gibbs # Monster Energy Toyota 499 Running 19. 20. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kroger/Reese’s Chevrolet 499 Running 20. 9. Car 41 Ryan Preece United Rentals Ford 499 Running 21. 29. Car 43 Erik Jones Allegiant Allways Rewards Chevrolet 499 Running 22. 30. Car 7 Corey LaJoie Gainbridge Chevrolet 499 Running 23. 26. Car 3 Austin Dillon Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet 499 Running 24. 34. Car 77 Ty Dillon Ferris Commercial Mowers Chevrolet 499 Running 25. 23. Car 34 Michael McDowell StageFront.VIP Ford 499 Running 26. 19. Car 45 Tyler Reddick (P) The Beast Unleashed Toyota 498 Running 27. 31. Car 8 Kyle Busch BetMGM Chevrolet 498 Running 28. 25. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Action Industries Chevrolet 498 Running 29. 33. Car 51 Ryan Newman(i) Biohaven/Jacob Co Ford 497 Running 30. 24. Car 31 Justin Haley LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 497 Running 31. 32. Car 42 Carson Hocevar(i) Sunseeker Resorts Chevrolet 496 Running 32. 22. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 496 Running 33. 10. Car 6 Brad Keselowski King’s Hawaiian Ford 306 Running 34. 27. Car 99 Daniel Suarez Jockey Outdoors By Luke Bryan Chevrolet 274 DVP 35. 35. Car 15 JJ Yeley(i) IFCJ.org Ford 271 Accident 36. 36. Car 78 BJ McLeod(i) Falk’d Up Garage Chevrolet 147 Overheating
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race no cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty. Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 29 Mins, 43 Secs. Average Speed: 75.244 MPH. Margin of Victory: 0.899 Seconds. Caution Flags: 7 for 61 laps. Lead Changes: 12 among 6 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: November 5, 2023 – Phoenix Raceway
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